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61 61 010 Checking Contact Angle of Windscreen Wiper Arms on Front Windscreen



61 61 010 Checking Contact Angle Of Windscreen Wiper Arms On Front Windscreen

Special tools required:







NOTE: Precisely adjusting the contact angle of the wiper arms is crucial to determining wiping quality.







IMPORTANT: Wiper arms are only checked and not adjusted. Adjustment dimensions







Remove wiper blade (1) from wiper arm (2).
Pin (3) is locator for special tool 61 6 100.







Slide special tool 61 6 100 onto pin (1).
Place special tool 61 6 100 on windscreen (2) and read off value in degrees on scale.

NOTE: LHD vehicles are covered by the scale range of 0 to -5 and RHD vehicles by the scale range of 0 to +5.